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Doc Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Love that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tiberius Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 CHICAGO —The American Library Association (ALA) kicks off National Library Week with the release of its State of America's Libraries Report, highlighting the challenges U.S. libraries faced in the second year of the pandemic – as well as the ways they innovated to meet the needs of their communities. Library staff in every state faced an unprecedented number of attempts to ban books. ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 729 challenges to library, school and university materials and services in 2021, resulting in more than 1,597 individual book challenges or removals. Most targeted books were by or about Black or LGBTQIA+ persons. “The 729 challenges tracked by ALA represent the highest number of attempted book bans since we began compiling these lists 20 years ago,” said ALA President Patricia “Patty” Wong. “We support individual parents' choices concerning their child's reading and believe that parents should not have those choices dictated by others. Young people need to have access to a variety of books from which they can learn about different perspectives. So, despite this organized effort to ban books, libraries remain ready to do what we always have: make knowledge and ideas available so people are free to choose what to read.” Below are the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2021: “Gender *****,” by Maia Kobabe Reasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to have sexually explicit images. “Lawn Boy,” by Jonathan Evison Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit. “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” by George M. Johnson Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, profanity, and because it was considered to be sexually explicit. https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2022/04/national-library-week-kicks-state-america-s-libraries-report-annual-top-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanNC Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Don't worry. They'll never come for the people or outlets that I agree with... Friggin morons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Say goodnight, Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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B-Man Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 (edited) I like a Billionaire with a sense of humor. Edited April 8, 2022 by B-Man 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Truth Big Media and Big Tech got away with censoring The Post — and me New York Post, by John Stossel https://nypost.com/2022/04/07/big-media-and-big-tech-got-away-with-censoring-the-new-york-post/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BillsFanNC Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 35 minutes ago, B-Man said: Always projection. Always. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanNC Posted April 9, 2022 Author Share Posted April 9, 2022 Good question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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B-Man Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 MORE: THE BOARD WANTED HIM TO SHUT UP: Elon Musk Is NOT Joining the Twitter Board After All, and That’s Good News. https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2022/04/11/elon-musk-is-not-joining-the-twitter-board-after-all-and-thats-good-news-n1588698 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 He's going to try and get a majority control of the company. Do it, Elon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Big Blitz Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 “Elon Musk not taking a board seat is bullish for free speech coming back to Twitter. The board seat was a proposed tactic by Twitter’s current execs & board to curb his influence (limiting his maximum shares to 14.9%). Musk can now pursue a hostile takeover if he so chooses. He acquired 9% of company shares from Feb to April. Will he get to 18% by June? Next SEC filing should be interesting to see! IMO this process is already happening. Shareholders don’t care about the woke stuff. And given Elon’s record of making shareholders rich, wouldn’t be surprised to see SJW panic in Twitter exec world right now.” What a wonderful thought. In a similar vein, the managing editor of New York Focus, Peter Sterne, tweeted: “Elon joining Twitter’s board was contingent on him agreeing not to buy more than 15% of Twitter. Now he’s not joining the board. So does that mean he can he [sic] buy as much of Twitter’s outstanding stock as he wants?” We can only hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Big Blitz Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Been waiting for this - it's been inevitable that's how predictable and disgusting CCP run Twitter is 5 days ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 The sooner Elon buys Twitland and makes all the snowflakes jump ship the better off we'll all be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blitz Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 All they do is re post tik tok videos the lunatics make and say "look at this." Pretty telling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 (edited) Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter, take it private Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter in a deal worth more than $43 billion and take the social media company private. https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/elon-musk-offer-buy-twitter-take-it-private Market Summary > Twitter Inc 45.85 USD+1.38 (3.10%)today Closed: Apr 14, 7:11 AM EDT • Disclaimer Pre-market 50.82 +4.97 (10.84%) Edited April 14, 2022 by ALF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanNC Posted April 14, 2022 Author Share Posted April 14, 2022 Boom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanNC Posted April 14, 2022 Author Share Posted April 14, 2022 Wait...what happened to "Twitter is a private company and they can do what they want?" Which by the way is absolutely true, they can do what they want. What they can't do is make the claim that they act in the interest of free speech. Actually they can make that claim...but not without being liars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Who TF is Pam Keith and why should anyone care if she leaves Twitland? But in any case, all the more reason for Elon to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BillsFanNC Posted April 14, 2022 Author Share Posted April 14, 2022 I block @BillStime and @Tiberius because they're both blithering moronic idiots not worth a nanosecond of my time. At the same time I'd NEVER be in favor of banning them from espousing their idiotic ramblings here on a daily basis or for disallowing others to engage in the pointless task of "debating" them. Blocking someone from your individual feed is not a violation of free speech. Morons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All_Pro_Bills Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 1 minute ago, DRsGhost said: I block @BillStime and @Tiberius because they're both blithering moronic idiots not worth a nanosecond of my time. At the same time I'd NEVER be in favor of banning them from espousing their idiotic ramblings here on a daily basis or for disallowing others to engage in the pointless task of "debating" them. Blocking someone from your individual feed is not a violation of free speech. Morons. Is Musk a "free speech absolutist"? My answer to Reich (I must point out an appropriate name for somebody advocating censorship) is probably not. But Musk is a lot closer to that than Reich who holds a view that free speech is a threat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful Dodger Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Elon Musk is the most consequential man of his time. In a hundred years, he'll be remembered as we remember Thomas Edison and Henry Ford today. He's set up the first successful electric auto company and been largely responsible creating a couple other industries from scratch (private space flight, Ebay). He's got several other irons in the fire - The Boring Company, being one example. However, unless he figures out a way to clone himself, there's only one of him, it would be a shame to see him get diverted from more worthwhile goals such as creating a permanent presence for humans in space over something like Twitter. He must be seriously worried about the erosion of free speech to allow himself yet another distraction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All_Pro_Bills Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 11 minutes ago, Artful Dodger said: Elon Musk is the most consequential man of his time. In a hundred years, he'll be remembered as we remember Thomas Edison and Henry Ford today. He's set up the first successful electric auto company and been largely responsible creating a couple other industries from scratch (private space flight, Ebay). He's got several other irons in the fire - The Boring Company, being one example. However, unless he figures out a way to clone himself, there's only one of him, it would be a shame to see him get diverted from more worthwhile goals such as creating a permanent presence for humans in space over something like Twitter. He must be seriously worried about the erosion of free speech to allow himself yet another distraction. Maybe we start to hear it as soon as this morning, but I expect the same set of characters that insist that a private company can do whatever they want to insist the DOJ or some other regulatory agency "block" this takeover offer. Citing "public interest" in blocking the deal. Watch for most of the clowns in Congress and the administration that insist on censorship to be the most vocal as they attempt to bend light to support their argument that freedom is bad. In reality this arrangement was never a private company doing as they please but rather government outsourcing censorship powers to private business in order to avoid constitutional limitations and public oversight. Twitter takes their marching orders from activists inside and connected to the US government embedded in the government not to serve the people but to serve the party. We all know the fact checker set up is a complete farce. If the deal does go through don't expect it to be before the November mid-terms. I also wonder if Musk envisions himself being involved day-to-day? My guess is he'll do something like ask Joe Rogan to run the outfit. At that point you won't need Space-X to launch liberals into orbit and unhinged and agonizing protest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 1 hour ago, DRsGhost said: I block @BillStime and @Tiberius because they're both blithering moronic idiots not worth a nanosecond of my time. At the same time I'd NEVER be in favor of banning them from espousing their idiotic ramblings here on a daily basis or for disallowing others to engage in the pointless task of "debating" them. Blocking someone from your individual feed is not a violation of free speech. Morons. Ha ha ha, the Little Russian Bot that couldn’t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 **** Twitter not allowing a lying jack ass to post on their site is like a publish8ng company not agreeing to market a book by Nazis Whats the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blitz Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 2 hours ago, DRsGhost said: Boom. Let's go Elon!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillStime Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 1 hour ago, DRsGhost said: I block @BillStime and @Tiberius because they're both blithering moronic idiots not worth a nanosecond of my time. At the same time I'd NEVER be in favor of banning them from espousing their idiotic ramblings here on a daily basis or for disallowing others to engage in the pointless task of "debating" them. Blocking someone from your individual feed is not a violation of free speech. Morons. Another LAMP from our in house deranged puppet - no one cares who you block. Classic narcissistic pos that can’t handle the heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 “Missing the point” is the mainstream media’s job and they do it quite well. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillStime Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 ETTD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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